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Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease that is caused by a herpesvirus called varicella-zoster virus (7). Chickenpox is one of the most easily transmitted of contagious diseases (5). Ninety to ninety-five percent of the people exposed to the virus will develop it within twenty-one days (5). The term chickenpox came from chickpea, which is a member of the bean family and resembles the look of the swollen pox, or from the Old English gican, meaning "to itch" (7). Before chickenpox was classified as a disease it was confused with other similar diseases such as smallpox, measles, German measles, and scarlet fever. They all had a typical rash, and they were known as acute exanthems or "a disease characterized by an eruption or rash, from the Latin and Greek word exanthema, meaning to break out,' or, originally, to bloom.'" Many people were misdiagnosed due to the similarities between these diseases, and the fact that they can occur in milder or more sever forms leading to an overlap of the most obvious symptoms. (7) Chickenpox mostly occurs in children classifying it as a childhood disease although it can occur in adults who are not yet immune to it. This could lead to the belief of chickenpox being one of the oldest diseases. Since the chickenpox infection has two phases, one most common during childhood then a latent form that can become active again later in the persons life, doctors believe that this reactivation would start the cycle all over again. If everyone in the first cycle got the germ then became immune a whole new generation would be born by the time the virus "reawakened" to become infectious in the new generation. This causes the suspicion of chickenpox being one of the oldest diseases. (7) Chickenpox can infect everyone and anyone throughout the world (7). More than three million Americans mostly children between the ages of two and eight are affected every year (3). The virus is known for being mild, but if an adult or a child...

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Infectivity of Chickenpox………………………………………………………...Page 9
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Introduction
Chickenpox (varicella) is a common illness that causes an itchy rash and red spots or blisters (pox) all over the body. Chickenpox is an extremely transmittable disease easily noticeable by the particular rash that it causes, which happens mainly in kids. Most people will get chickenpox at some point in their lives if they have not had the chickenpox vaccine.
Chickenpox can cause problems for pregnant women, newborns, teens and adults, and people who have immune system problems that make it hard for the body to fight infection. Chickenpox usually isn't a serious health problem in healthy children. But a child with chickenpox needs to stay home from school. And you may need to miss work in order to care for your child.
After you have had chickenpox, you are not likely to get it again. But the virus stays in your body long after you get over the illness. If the virus becomes active again, it can cause a painful viral infection called shingles.
Sign and Symptoms
According to Mayo Clinic, the signs and symptoms of chickenpox are:
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...ChickenPoxChickenpox is a common childhood disease that is highly contagious and is seen in children aged between 2 and 6 years old, although they can be of any age. Occasionally adults can contract chickenpox renamed as shingles, with more server symptoms. Chickenpox infections occur year round, but most likely occur during the winter and spring months. Some illnesses are infectious. This means that they are passes from one person to another. Chickenpox is an infectious disease and in some cases it can be deadly.
Chickenpox is caused by the herps varicella zoster virus. The first time that you get the varicella zoster virus it always causes chickenpox. Chickenpox is spread through contact with the virus filled blisters, via the air with infected droplets emitted from the nose or mouth while coughing or sneezing. Chickenpox is contagious for approximately seven days during a person’s period of infection. Contagiousness begins about two days before the symptoms appear and it is only once the blisters have dried up and crusted that they are no longer infectious.
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infected contact (Arvin, 1996). VZV enters the respiratory tract and infects the
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...Everybody knows what the chickenpox are, they are
when you get bumps all over your body. The cause of the
chickenpox is the virus varicella. Males and females are
both able to get the virus, but children ages five to six are
the most likely to be infected.Like I said chickenpox is caused by the virus
varicella. Chickenpox is very contagious and unless you
got it at birth one attack carries lifelong immunity. The
chain infection is only present if a group of people come in
contact with an infected person or anything the infected
person has come in contact with. It is usually received in
the cooler months of the year and goes away by itself in
two to three weeks. The symptoms of chickenpox is a rash that appears
after about three days. In order it starts at the trunk (the
legs), spreads to the face, and then to the extremities. The
infected person will get to temperatures of one hundred and
two degrees Fahrenheit and that will last throughout the
breakout. The rash is quite itchy and becomes dry, crusted,
and falls off in a week. More bumps will come about every
three days. Scars will be present if they get infected, badly
scratched or removed. A physician is not usually not needed to make a
diagnosis but after the symptoms appear it is still best to
make sure it is the...